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| REMINDER : Entries due this Sat May 19 for MHCO Club Show # 1 - Brooklin Fair on June 2, 2012 |
| Hello MHCO Members,
The first MHCO Club show (Brooklin Fair) is coming up quickly on Sat June 2, 2012.
Entries (note: no class entry fees are due for this show - MHCO Administration fees of $5 per horse and late fees do apply) for this show are due this Sat May 19, 2012 by midnight. Late entry fees apply after this date.
Entry forms can be printed off the MHCO site from the Show Page (no online entry form available due to technical difficulties in the past).
Please print off the entry forms, fill out, scan and email back to Anne Savage or snail mail to Anne Savage, MHCO Club Show Secretary. Anne's email and snail mail address is on the MHCO site Show Info page.
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UPDATE FROM SHOW SECRETARY ANNE:
If they are already in the mail, and postmarked by May 18th, I`ll accept them as $5 on-time registrations. Anything later will be subject to $10 per horse registration fees, up until the night before the show. If someone misses these deadlines, and decides to come to the show, they will be charged $20 per horse for show-day registration.
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Contact Information for the Point Show Secetary.
Anne Savage
Email Address:
point.shows@mhco.ca
Mailing Address:
Anne Savage
8 Browlee Drive
Bradford
Ontario
L3Z 2A4
Looking forward to seeing everyone and their horses!
5/14/2012 |
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| Hanover Miniature Horse Race Rules |
Miniature Horse Race 2012 entry form(please copy and paste and then print)
| Hanover Raceway
Miniature Horse Rules
(Adapted from “Rules for Standard Bred Racing - 2005”)
1. Horses are required to parade in program order (post position). All horses must remain in proper order until the parade has passed
in front of the grandstand.
2. The race will be approximately ¼ mile in length (from back stretch gate to finish) and will be conducted at the TROT.
3. A driver shall not change course or position, nor swerve in or out in such a manner as to compel a horse to change its stride, or cause another driver to change course, or take his/her horse back, or pull his/her horse out of its stride.
4. A driver shall not impede the progress of another horse or cause it break from its gate.
5. A driver shall not cross over sharply in front of another horse or in front of the field.
6. A driver shall not drive in a careless or reckless manner.
7. Loud shouting or improper conduct in the race is forbidden.
8. When a horse breaks from its gait in a race the driver shall:
a. Take the horse to the inside or outside of the other horses where clearance exists
b. Promptly attempt to pull the horse to its gait
c. And consciously lose ground while on the break
If there has been no violation of the above, the horse shall not be set back. However, the judges may set any horse back one or more places if, in their judgment, one or more violations have been committed.
9. Approved safety helmets of some sort, must be worn at all times on the track.
10. A copy of a minimum of $1,000,000 (one million dollars) liability insurance must be presented by each entry, before the race.
11. All participants must read, accept and sign the rules and return it to:
Sheila Klerks, Box 75, Chesley, ON, N0G 1L0
12. One extra horse will be drawn in the case of a horse being scratched. If a horse is to be scratched, the race organizer, Sheila, Klerks, must be notified one and a half weeks prior to the race so that the next in line can be contacted to race.
13. Drivers must be 19 years of age as of January 1st, of the current race year, in order to be eligible to race. All horses must have reached their 3rd birthday before the race date, in order to be entered.(actual 3rd birthday not Jan 1st date)
14. Last, but not least, this is a FUN race. Safety to all drivers and horses takes precedence over anything else including winning.
Horse’s Name & Height:__________________________________________________(Please include proof of insurance with entry form)
Driver’ Name:______________________________________ Address:_____________________________________________
Phone #:______________ email:____________________________________________
I _______________________________________ have read the above rules and agree to comply with them to the best of my ability.
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Signed date
Call me at home to reserve your spot in the race. I have 6 entries already and I am accepting up to 10 this year. I will need your name, horses name and height and where you are from. Please bring your signed entry form and a copy of your insurance with you the night of the race. If you come without either, you WIL NOT be allowed to race. I am doing it this way this year because of time constrants as I have to have all entry info to the race office no later then June 8th to be printed in the race program. Thank you for your co-operation.
This years race cooler is sponsered by Brubachers Harness Shop of Wallenstein.
Sheila Klerks
Race Organizer
(519)363-2827
4/21/2012 |
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| MHCO Spring General Meeting Agenda - Sunday April 1, 2012 at 11 am |
| **Please print and bring with you***
MHCO Spring General Members Meeting
Nassewageya Hall, Campbellville Ontario
Sunday, April 1, 2012 @ 11 am
11:00 am Meet & Greet (Don’t forget to review our Silent Auction items)
12:00 (Noon) Potluck Lunch
1:00 pm Meeting Starts
1. Opening Remarks – President John McCallum
-Introduction of MHCO Executive Members
2. Fall 2011 General Meeting Minutes – Errors & Omissions?
**NOTE: MINUTES ARE POSTED ON MESSAGE BOARD THAT ALL MHCO MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO BY LOGGING INTO MHCO WEBSITE AND CLICKING ON "Boards" AT TOP OF SCREEN**
- Motion to accept Fall 2011 General Meeting Minutes with E & Os
3. Motion to Accept proposed By-Law changes -John McCallum
4. Membership Report – Raquel Dowsling
- Memberships rec’d for 2012 to date (numbers, types, etc.)
5. Treasurer Report - Carolyn Aarup
-Regular Account, Sanctioned Show account (includes US Account)
6. Club Point Shows - Doug Savage
-Dress Code: No showing in blue jeans, appropriate footwear (no running shoes for halter classes)
-New Point Show Package - John McCallum
- Measuring of horses re: protests of height – Discuss:
1) Do we allow someone who protests height of a horse to remain anonymous or must their name be made public?
2) Fee for protests? $ 10 ? $20? more?
-Proposed MHCO HR Awards (Honour Roll) - see attachment 1 at end of this agenda *
7. Sanctioned (Classics) Shows – John McCallum & Dianne Schieck
- 2012: Sat July 14 (3 judges) AMHR Sanctioned show - Quardreams Equestrian Centre - Mount Forest
8. Youth Plus Club Report – Doug Savage & Heather Aarup
- Update regarding the quilts made by Frannie for the Youth
-Events: Fuzzy Show (April 15), Youth Campout (Aug. 4/12), CNE Youth Club Show (Aug 26/12)
-Liability Forms are required to be filled out prior to attending
-Student Volunteer Hours will be recognized during the 2012 Season (Angie Trumpler to Present)
9. MHCO Fundraising & Merchandise – Doug Savage
- Discuss Fundraising ideas for 2012
10. Photo Contest -Rob Green & Doug Savage
- 2012 categories: – feedback?
- # of entries, winners, etc.
11. Social Committee Report – Yvonne Mangan & Linda Reinders
- 2012: Clinic topics decided on, location of Clinic (Sun May 5, 2011)
- MHCO Awards Banquet & Fall General Meeting/Elections - Sunday October 28, 2012 - Royal Canadian Legion, Orangeville: Discus new concept
-Can Am: Feedback from this year,
-Fall Pleasure Drive (Oct 6) - where?
12. Advertising & Promotion - Carolyn Aarup
-Journal Ad Update
- Banner Ads on Lil Beginning
- OEF Grant
- Royal Spirit of the Horse Booth - need volunteers if we are to commit to participate (Royal runs from Nov. 2-11 2012.)
13. Website - Rob Green
- New changes since Fall meeting, feedback
14. Awards:
- Discuss in lieu of having trophies awarded at individual shows, to keep the trophies as year end awards.
-Year End Perpetual Awards (e.g. Horsemanship, Fellow-ship, etc.) Should we have a rule that the same person cannot win the same award two consecutive years in a row?
-Sponsorships needed for Perpetual Trophies & Year End trophies
15. New Business:
-Fall General Elections, proxies (must be on site / or received before deadline to be eligible.) Please start thinking about nominating a fellow member and/or running for a position personally
16. Other Business:
-Report from OSESA: Review 2012 Events Schedule
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Attachment #1
Proposed MHCO Honour Roll (HR) Point System
MHCO honours award Main concept:
> pts would be on horse only not persons
> different levels for achievement - Bronze, Silver & Gold)
> base it on a 2 yr period to make it fair so exhibitors could achieve pts in a reasonable amt of time
> Pros
> more people to come put to shows
> Work toward it even if a bad year
> Cons
> Labour involved to enter points Into website.
Ideas for awards: plaques with different colours (Bronze, Silver, Gold) like HOF plaques to hang on wall
Coolers with MHCO logo & "MHCO Bronze Honour Roll" on it, Bronze, Silver, Gold halter with stitching
on it saying "MHCO Bronze Honour Roll" on it, barn halter with Honours level on it, name on it
Points per show (from MHCO regular Club show point system used by Club Show Secretary)
1st = 6 pts
2nd = 5 pts
3rd = 4 pts
4th = 3 pts
5th = 2 pts
6th = 1 pt
Reserve Champion = 1 pt
Grand Champion = 2 pts
Supreme = 3 pts
Proposed MHCO Honour Roll (HR) Point System continued
Halter Horse = All conformation classes (NO Colour classes or Showmanship classes like MHCO rules)
Halter Horse calculation (based on each 1 class horse would go in):
1st place at all 3 Core shows per year per 1 class = 6 pts x 3 shows x 1 class = 18 pts per year
6th place at all 3 shows per year per 1 class = 1 pt x 3 shows x 1 class = 3 pts per year
Average pts (18 first place points + 3 sixths place points = 21 divided by 2) = 10.50 pts per year on average a horse could achieve
Based on a 2 yr period = 10.50 pts x 2 years = 22 pts needed to achieve Bronze Level Honour Roll, double points for Silver, triple points for Gold
Performance horse = Halter Obstacle, Hunter, Jumper (no Showmanship like MHCO rules)
Performance Horse calculation (based on each 1 class horse would go in):
1st place at all 3 Core shows per year per 1 class = 6 pts x 3 shows x 1 class = 18 pts per year
6th place at all 3 shows per year per 1 class = 1 pt x 3 shows x 1 class = 3 pts per year
Average pts (18 first place points + 3 sixths place points = 21 divided by 2) = 10.50 pts per year on average a horse could achieve
Based on a 2 yr period = 10.50 pts x 2 years = 22 pts needed to achieve Bronze Level Honour Roll, double points for Silver, triple points for Gold *
* Halter or Performance Horse HR Levels that can be achieved:
Bronze Level Honour Roll = 22 pts needed to be earned - perhaps award a Halter with writing on noseband
Silver Level Honour Roll = 44 pts needed to be earned - perhaps award a wall trophy plaque
Gold Level Honour Roll = 88 pts needed to be earned - perhaps award a Cooler or blanket
Driving Horse (Working & Reinsmanship but excluding Obstacle Driving)
Driving Horse calculation (based on 2 Driving classes horse could go in excluding Driving Obstacle):
1st place at all 3 shows per year per 2 classes = 6pts x 3 shows x 2 classes = 36 pts per year
6th place at all 4 shows per year per 2 classes = 1 pt x 3 shows x 2 classes = 6 pts per year
Average pts (36 first place points + 6 sixth place points = 42 divided by 2 = 21 pts per year on average a horse could achieve
Based on a 2 yr period = 21 pts x 2 years = 42 pts needed to achieve Bronze Level Honour Roll, double points for Silver, triple points for Gold **
** Driving Horse HR Levels that can be achieved:
Bronze Level Honour Roll = 42 pts needed to be earned - perhaps award a Halter with writing on noseband
Silver Level Honour Roll = 84 pts needed to be earned - perhaps award a wall trophy plaque
Gold Level Honour Roll = 126 pts needed to be earned - perhaps award a Cooler or blanket
3/27/2012 |
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| MHCO and OSESA joined forces at Can Am in March 2012 |
| Submitted by Lori Rafter, MHCO & OSESA member
The Miniature Horse was well represented at this year's Can-Am Equine Emporium on March 16, 17, & 18. OSESA and MHCO shared a booth arranged for them by Mike and Kathy Straw of Strawbridge Miniatures.
Lori Rafter and Mack DeGelder of MiLo Acres Training Centre manned the booth for the weekend with help from several other members of the two clubs. Thanks go to Jeanette Wagner, Penny Geddes, Desiree Wallace, John McCallum, Rita Noble, Terri Schell, Sheila Klerks, Margaret McConnell and anyone else whose name I have missed that helped us out.
Mike and Kathy had two silent auctions of two colts from their farm running over the course of the show to raise money for cancer. A total of $825 was raised and donated to the Cancer Society! OSESA displayed their essay contest giveaway horse in one of the beautiful custom Mini stalls provided by Wm Langille Welding of Brantford. There were breed promos run twice per day in a small ring in the center of the marketplace. An announcer described each breed's characteristics while the horses were paraded individually in the ring. Maple Mountain Just Desserts A size colt owned by Lori Rafter, the OSESA essay contest B colt Noblebrooks Radiantly Red donated by Rita Noble of Noblebrook Farm and JEM Break N Pattern owned by KIm Barnsdale of Wee Three Minis all took turns being led by various club members.
The Miniatures also took part in the Horse Power show in the big main ring. Lori drove JEM Break N Pattern (Fleur) in the barrel and pole bending races against a pair of Friesian horses. Fleur was the star of the show most often winning the races! She earned our breed a lot of respect and the booth was packed with people wanting to see "the amazing little horse!" It was a great weekend and very productive for both clubs raising plenty of interest in the Minis with several new members signing on with their club of choice if not both!
3/23/2012 |
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| Business Card Ads - Advertise for $10! |
| Business Card Ads - Advertise for $10!
Hello MHCO Members,
With the new MHCO website has come the option of adding a page of Sponsors advertising for Business cards. Please see the link on the Home page that says "Sponsors" with a drop down menu that says "Business Cards". Here you are able to have your business card posted on this page to help advertise your business.
But wait! This isn't just for MHCO members, this is for ANY business to advertise! For only $10 per year, a company or individual can have its business card on this page for the calendar year (Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2012).
And as an incentive to MHCO members, for every 5 outside (non MHCO member) business cards you can recruit (collect business cards and payment of $10 per card), you get $10 off your 2012 Membership ($10 will be refunded to you if you have already paid your 2012 Membership).
So there's a challenge for you ... see if you can get 5 business cards and in turn reward yourself with a little refund!
Please scan and send your business cards to Linda Reinders equine_xpress@yahoo.ca
Any monies collected are to be (cheques/money orders made out to MHCO, please do NOT send cash) sent to MHCO Treasurer:
Carolyn Aarup, MHCO Treasurer
RR# 1, Box# 2
Hwy# 26, Fire# 205822
Meaford Ontario N4L 1W5
CANADA
519-538-3114
carolyn@dakotawindsfarm.com
If you are snail mailing your business card, please make arrangements to send them to Linda Reinders.
Thank you,
MHCO Fundraising Committee
2/21/2012 |
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| MHCO Website soon to have a new look! |
| Dear MHCO Member,
Within the next few days the MHCO.CA website will be undergoing an update. Some features that you are currently used to being in one location will no longer be in that location. During this update, the MHCO.CA site may not be available for an extended period of time - anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours.
Highlights of the changes:
- The menu is no longer on the left hand side of the site, the menu has been moved to the top of the site.
- you now log in on the top of the website (right below the menu), your email address is *still* your username, the password you had set will *still* work.
- When you were logged in, you used to be able to post a classified right from the menu, this has been changed, you now have to click on Manage classifieds, from there you can post a new classified, as well as manage your current ads.
- In many other locations (calendar, news, photo gallery, etc.) you now have to go within the page to add/update entries
- The website has been set to a fixed size - this size is a good cross section sample of all the folks who visit our site, we have done this to ensure that all information is displayed to everyone at the same consistency.
As with any update, or change, there may be problems, if you *do* happen to encounter one of these problems, please send mhco@mhco.ca all the information you can provide, what you were doing (if you were posting an ad, all the details would be nice - including the name of the photo you might have been uploading & a copy of the photo). If any issues are reported, and we need to resolve them, the site may become unavailable for a short period of time, usually no more than 30 minutes.
This update allows me to better update the site in the future, many features of the website that I setup 3 years ago for MHCO could not move forward without a revamp of the site. I appreciate the support of you, the members, and will continue to work towards the expansion of the MHCO.CA brand.
If you have any questions, or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me via email.
Rob Green
Director
1/31/2012 |
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| Stallion Service Auction |
| New to MHCO!!
We are excited to offer a Stallion Service Auction 2012.
Stallion Service Auction
Nominations close Feb 14, 2012
All proceeds are to the MHCO. Winner of the Stallion Service are to pay within 7 days of auction closing. Non payment will result in winner/s not being able to participate in any other auctions.
The Stallion Services are for the 2012 Breeding Season. It is the mare owners responsibility to contact any stallion owners for details of individual farms contract.
All stallions entered in the auction release MHCO from any liability. MHCO is only the recipient of the winnings. MHCO has no involvement with stallion owner contracts, service, reports, breeders certificates, or foal registration.
The auction will run from Feb 15th, 2012 to April 15th, 2012.
The highest bidder of each stallion will be contacted within 24hrs of auction closing. Payment to be sent to Carolyn Aarup within 7 days of the closing date, cheques, drafts or money orders made payable to MHCO.
To enter your stallion in this auction, please contact Linda Reinders. Nominations must be before Feb 14, 2012
To bid on a stallion/s send your bids to Linda Reinders.
linda.reinders@mhco.ca
Stallions will be listed under the Service Classifieds at www.mhco.ca
1/30/2012 |
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| 2012 MHCO Memberships = take $5 off if postmarked by December 31, 2011 |
| Hello MHCO Members,
Give yourself an early Christmas gift this year and renew your Miniature Horse Club of Ontario membership. With renewing your membership for 2012 you can take $5.00 off membership fees postmarked by December 31, 2011.
Rates are as follows:
Youth = $20.00
Individual = $35.00
Family = $45.00
Farm = $55.00
*All memberships include membership for the Youth Plus Club.
Please make cheques payable to ‘MHCO’ (Canadian Funds only please).
As a reminder: ALL memberships, including renewals, MUST be submitted with a completed & signed 2012 membership form. Forms and membership details can be found and printed at www.mhco.ca under the ‘Membership’ link page.
Please mail complete forms and payment to:
Miniature Horse Club of Ontario
c/o Carolyn Aarup, MHCO Treasurer
RR# 1, Box #2
Fire# 205822
Meaford, Ontario, Canada
N4L 1W5
If you have any questions, please contact me by:
email: rnd-drivingwestwinds@hotmail.com
Phone: 519-369-2978
Thank you,
Raquel Dowsling
MHCO Membership Coordinator
12/17/2011 |
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| MHCO Awards Banquet & Fall General Meeting - Sunday November 20, 2011 |
| MHCO Awards Banquet & Fall General Meeting - Royal Canadian Legion, 7 John St., Orangeville
NOTE: location had to be changed due to date conflict with other hall (already booked)
Agenda for the Day:
11:00 a.m. - Presentation of Year End Awards
12:30 p.m. - Lunch ** (must be ordered & prepaid by Oct 20 - see below for details)
1:30 p.m. - General Meeting (agenda to be sent out to member prior to meeting - please bring your ideas with you)
** The meal includes Roast Beef dinner with all the fixings including dessert and tea or coffee.
PLEASE NOTE: We have extended the deadline: Meal Tickets have to be purchased in advance by October 20th, 2011. They are $18 per person.
Those who do not buy a meal ticket are certainly welcome to attend the Awards presentation and the General Meeting. No meal tickets will be available on that day.
You can mail your payment ($18 per meal ticket) made out to "MHCO" to BEFORE OCT 20th:
Carolyn Aarup, MHCO Treasuer
RR# 1, Box # 2
Fire# 205822, Meaford, Ontario N4L 1W5
If any questions, please contact Yvonne Mangan, Social Committee Chair
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| Who do you think should win? |
| It’s time to start looking and listening for potential candidates for the MHCO Members’ Choice Perpetual Awards: Sportsmanship, Fellowship and Horsemanship. Please start watching at Socials, Shows, and Meetings … any event where MHCO members are together.
These are members whom you observe going out of their way to do those little “extras” for the club and their fellow members. They are members who enhance the MHCO by their actions and attitudes which set examples for other MHCO members. They are members who you would like to see recognized for their efforts in the club.
For examples of past awards presented, please go to the MHCO website www.mcho.ca under the YEAR END AWARDS link.
Any member can submit their vote for another member, but not for oneself. An explanation is optional but not necessary as to why you feel this person deserves the award. Please send your nomination and for which award you want considered to the MHCO Awards Committee - Mary McKibbon c/o mary@bigvalley-farms.com by SEPTEMBER 15 of this year.
All awards will be presented at the annual MHCO Awards banquet (November).
Here are the criteria for each award:
SPORTSMANSHIP: (donated by Carolyn Aarup): To enjoy Miniature horses, to promote understanding, knowledge and proper care of horses to fellow MHCO members and/or exhibitors. Skill in/fondness for the MHCO, a person who can take loss or defeat without complaint, or victory without gloating and who treats his fellow exhibitors with fairness, generosity and courtesy, is respectful of rules and decisions of officials, gives maximum effort.
FELLOWSHIP: (donated by Debbie Scriven): To promote and enjoy good fellowship among horse lovers. Companionship, friendly association with others, mutual sharing as of experience and activity, a group of people with the same interest, to work towards a common goal.
HORSEMANSHIP: (donated by Dennis & Angela Merner): To promote an interest in horses and horsemanship, to have a particular skill in, or the art of managing, training or taking care of horses.
Nominations received for the following award will be sent by the MHCO’s OEF Representative to the OEF office by September 15 of this year.
OEF “People’s Choice Award”: (this nomination will be sent to the OEF and award will be presented at the Annual OEF Convention in November): A deserving individual within our discipline and association who has made an outstanding contribution of time and effort overall on behalf of their OEF affiliated club (which the MHCO is). This nominee is recognized for the behind-the-scenes effort of this equine enthusiast of the MHCO. Nominations received will be sent by the MHCO’s OEF Representative to the OEF office by September 15 of this year.
6/13/2011 |
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| Travel Alert Update on EHV-1 Outbreak |
Travel Alert Update on EHV-1 Outbreak
| Neurotropic Equine Herpes Virus-1 Status Update
Equine Canada's Health and Welfare Committee is notifying horse owners that Neurotropic Equine Herpes Virus-1 (nEHV-1) has been reported in horses in the United States, with confirmed cases in Alberta (1) and suspected cases British Columbia (3). This is the neurological strain of Equine Herpes Virus 1 (EHV 1). Outbreaks of nEHV-1 are contagious and have a high risk of mortality.
It is believed the initial cases were in horses attending a cutting horse show in Ogden, Utah, held April 29 to May 8, 2011, and that horses exposed to the virus at this competition have played a role in reported cases elsewhere.
The horse in Alberta did not attend the cutting horse competition. The horses in British Columbia, which all reside on the same farm, did. Quarantine and biosecurity procedures have been established and no secondary cases have been reported at this time, on this farm.
Please note that the nEHV-1 cases reported in British Columbia have not been confirmed by laboratory testing, but through clinical diagnosis. The three British Columbia horses that returned from the Odgen show developed neurological disease and are being treated intensively as if they had nEHV-1. Strict biosecurity procedures have been put in place to prevent spread of this disease from this farm.
Update from Alberta
There is one confirmed nEHV-1 case which showed neurologic signs on May 1, 2011 and was isolated at that time. This horse did not attend the Utah show but was in direct contact with the horses attending the above stated show before they left Canada. This horse has been under veterinary care and is recovering very well and is in no danger. The origin of the source of contact for this horse remains unknown.
As of May 18, 2011 there is one yearling confirmed positive for EHV-1 which showed only respiratory signs of the disease similar to normal influenza infections. This horse was in direct contact with tack from the horses returning from Utah. This horse is under treatment and isolation and is in no danger as this time.
·As of May 18, 2011 there is an additional confirmed positive case of a horse returning from Utah which showed a mild transitory respiratory disease. This horse is under isolation and treatment and is in no danger.
· There are six-eight tests pending on horses similar to the above horse, which have attended the Utah show and have experienced mild respiratory disease. We expect some of these horses to have a positive test and have taken this into account on our comments below.
Therefore, at this time, there have been no horses affected in the province of Alberta or British Columbia that were not either at the Utah show or in direct contact with these horses, either before or after their return. The incubation period for this disease can be as long as 21 days but normally symptoms show within the first 10-14 days. Presently, we are within the 10-14 day timeframe.
Measures that have been taken
· Competitions involving the horses directly affected by the Utah Show have been cancelled by the Cutting Horse Association until further notice.
· All of the participants attending the Utah show have been notified and asked to isolate their horses.
· The Chief Provincial Veterinarian is gathering all information, monitoring the disease and is looking into the epidemiology of EHV-1 in Alberta at this time.
Ongoing recommendations
· All horse owners have been asked to carry out normal biosecurity protocols which can be found on many websites, including that of the Alberta Veterinary Medical Association.
· Any horse owner who has potentially been in contact with this group of horses should monitor the temperature of their horses twice daily for 14 -21 days post exposure and discuss any abnormalities with their veterinarian.
· The protection afforded by vaccination is debatable and we recommend that horse owners discuss it with their veterinarian, as every horse is unique and requires a different vaccination protocol.
The following is a statement from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Equine Herpes Virus (EHV) is a disease present in Canada and is not a federally controlled disease. Subsequently, in accordance with international guidelines, CFIA has no authority for requesting certification related to this disease from the United States Department of Agriculture when importing horses from the United States (US). Import conditions for all horses entering Canada from the US will not be changed in relation to the recent reports of EHV cases in the US.
However, as always, imported horses need to comply with all current Canadian import conditions. In addition, arrival of unwell horses at the border can affect the import process.
5/21/2011 |
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